English Reformations : Religion, Politics, and Society under the Tudors / Edition 1

by Christopher Haigh

Overview

English Reformations takes a refreshing new approach to the study of the Reformation in England. Christopher Haigh's lively and readable study disproves any facile assumption that the triumph of Protestantism was inevitable, and goes beyond the surface of official political policy to explore the religious views and practices of ordinary English people. With the benefit of hindsight, other historians have traced the course of the Reformation as a series of events inescapably culminating in the creation of the English Protestant establishment. Haigh sets out to recreate the sixteenth century as a time of excitement and insecurity, with each new policy or ruler causing the reversal of earlier religious changes. This is a scholarly and stimulating book, which challenges traditional ideas about the Reformation and offers a powerful and convincing alternative analysis.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198221623
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date:	06/28/1993
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	328,245
Product dimensions:	9.19(w) x 6.19(h) x 0.86(d)
Lexile:	1380L (what's this?)

Editorial Reviews

"It is a tribute to the worth of Dr. Haigh's positive evidence, as well as to his skill in debate, that on the whole the balance of probability seems usually to be on his side....It is significant that it is Dr. Haigh's view which has become the best known and has now provided what is likely to become the standard textbook."—Times Higher Education Supplement

"A significant work...An important study that professional historians will need to read."—istory: Reviews of New Books

"Readers of this book...will find the most convincing account yet available of how the majority of the English people received the Reformations of the sixteenth century."—Albion

"This book deserves high commendation as a grassroots religious history of England in the sixteenth century...Beyond being an exemplary presentation of history, the book has implications well worth the attention of readers whose interest in religion is not simply historical."—Journal of Religion

"[V]ery readable, forceful, and compelling."—The Thomist

"Elegantly written, with evocative examples and a brilliantly controversial thesis. Should prove stimulating in the classroom."—Myron Noonkester, William Carey College

"One of the best general works on religious change in 16th Century England I have read...[C]leary argued, interesting, and sophisticated...[I]t would be very useful in an upper-level undergraduate course, and will certainly be a staple on graduate student reading lists."—Victor Stater, Louisiana State University

"Provocative as well as informative and insightful, [the book] will engage scholars and students alike."—Journal of Modern History

"[Haigh] is faithful to his sources. He presents a true and important story of the sixteenth-century Reformations in England..."—Religious Studies Review

"A superb, scholarly and balanced interpretation of the English Reformations. Give us more of this type of book!"—Dr. Larissa Taylor, Assoc. Professor of History, Colby College

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